New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-01
ABBET1'S PiANS ~ NEW-JERSEK.
OBSTACLES IN his WAY TO rnE SENATE.

OBSTACLES IN Ills WAY TO HE SENATE.
M wt.L nAvK 10 tlrr TWO DEMOCRATS INFO rHE
trGisIAfuE.- rm RErUniicANs ASKING Only
IoR FAIR rLAN.
r.nNroN, y. J.. Dec. 3o-ou the face OF what they
SAL lhe rotarns the Democrats gained at the recent
sl~non majority Of she Legislature on joint ballot.
spd with that Juied state nator ard about all
sss Oh political va'ut that &c Was possible 20 gam ~
enc election THIS alleged face OF the returns gives
the Democrats forty-Jnc votes out of eighty 0ur on
font halot-a bare majority. bu this majority
incinaos one seat ohtamed hy bun gng burglary Il
Sas baltot.boNcs sent iOr winch the onl' shadow
d claim rcsts 10 TIE failure OF Governor Abhri 10
sbeg The plain intent Of The law, anu one seat hea by
. man VIA snid by tp friends 20 be- AN utterly irrc-
sponsihe lunaiio Bo-idcs these members She Demo
cratic idle ol the House Ia made npVi httc more
than the usual proportion ct "doabtim men ano a
Toe really decent people There arr two lauorng men
xhesc yot :. the Demo- also bat on NO bci ef
Termination than their constitutional prcdiccuon TOR
claiming everything. The scaflnt OF the Republican
vhcse seat ~, been stolen. and tho holding OF an
election TO i the vacancy into which the Governor IL
trying to force Democrat WHOM Dcuocfauc Judge
ie- dec AIRED 10 have been elected. wct' give The
kepub leans forty votes On JOINT ballot ana e fe Tue
balance OF power M the hands OF th" Two lao-f neh-
be-. senator william !. Seweil fo-day eVVfc>sed
tsrspiy and energeuoaly the Republican view OF the
NJ
Congress am dcyoi NJ 10 an eor' 10 zee iha' We get
sauare deai. Personally, Of course, save "a large
stake The contest tor should Ike very much 10 he
reelected 10 the seat | have oAod ior tue lasi elk
YEAR. But Tor the present have ti1cd aud thhk
succecded In vest NJ the matter OF ant personal feel
iug 80 lar ~ | concerned. see an Outrageous
attempt bciag made 10 cheat tho hCl IbioaHS vi tle
State O the right to faT CONT and propose 10 do
nv level best 20 defeat that attempt Aiterward II
can be re elected g. the Senate. shall DC glad IL
cannot, | shall give way TO some ohc who may more
ahls. hut | know cen 40 more sincerely, endeaNOt 10
advance and project the interests Of those whom he
sent 10 represent. The situation SIMPLY Is th"t on
a., thing like a iair deal the Republicans have "a
fghting chance TO send Republican to succeed rue
Al Warrington. On "a talr count they have thirty
pine mbers, the Democrats tie same number. the
labor men two and there IL one vacancy to winch u
Republican will certainly he elected II an election IA
hed IL l. possible that the Democrats would win,
then, by the votes OF the labor men, and u 90 no
Republican will squesl But We don't mean to oe
swiudlcd The short OF 1t is that going To have
square dea big fight. think II VIII he square
deal Governor Albeit can gel all the noaters on The
Democratic side, II he Is willing 10 make promises
enough, and with them lac can get the caucus noini-
naion.'
The situation as 70 the two seats 10 which Senator
geweil referred "a stolen is very Interesting. The
6rst oae il in one OF the districts OF Camden County
The returns the night OF election showed the sue
oess ol the Republican candidate by ioily-hve
majority, and no thought oi dlaputiDg tbis. a
day or two before tie recount was TO take place
prominent Republics $ were warned that loD had
been put up them Several OF the boxes turned out
dozens OF ballots with the mare OF aines scratched
off and that OF Turley, the Democratic candl lac.
written in lite place. On each OF these ballots The
cn.pae WAS made IN the same hand writing. in the
ssne place ana IN suc manner that II was PLAIN That
the wIlinx had been done after the ballots PAD d. en-
strung string at the count, aud without removing
them frOm the string The five Democratic ana thiee
Republican election officers unanimously swore That
the given ot on the night OF election were
correct These showed l72 votes Tor Haines. The
oootored count gave hun DULY lJZ. One hundred and
seyanty citizens and voters IN ths township were
then produced who swore that they nad voted Tor
Hanes The others who did the same thing were sick
and unable be present The change OF twenty v9tes
In 'his township alone enough to seat Haincs The
situatiOn Ia Two other townships If precisely shid
70 this one.
The Mercer County ease differs from that in Camden
IN Kind but not IA degree. A recount was had and
errors we're ii scOycrcd both sides which changed
The result from q Democratic majority to a rie The
Chief Justice before wuom the recount was had, de-
clared that il showed that neither party had been
elected. Meantime. boSever, the Democrat had
ATTAINED the certificate of election. The law IN cases
OF vacancy occurring in the Legislature by deah,
failure to elect otherwise provides that tie Gov
srnor or the Legislature when II Is IN session may
order Special election 10 MI the vacancy Governor
Albeit, seeing chance 10 gain vote Tor IA IN ell IA
his fight for the United States Senator failed TO call
any such election. and wall CndoavOr 10 force the
Democrat candidate into the House at the organiza
ZION on the ground that he holds the certificate oil
elect,on There Ia little difficulty about this. IN view
OF the fact that in the Camden District the Democrat
will take mis- seat because the order OF the conrt dc
elarng him elected supeTsedes the election ccrtncae
gwen to the Republican, while in this the election
certificate expected to stand before the order oil tue
court declaring that there was no election. The man
whom the Governor Il trying 10 put In in this dis
reputable way, is thought, has too much manliness
about him % be party the scheme. There good
reason suppose that the latter block the Gov
ernors game. Mr. Walters, the Democrat WOO was not
elected the Mercer District, Is understood 10 have
expressed sone sIue amisbbess about taking OIce
20 hich the Chief Justice has 0I may declared that
he has no title.